The author of Where Good Ideas Come From, The Invention of Air, and Everything Bad Is Good For You, Internet pioneer Steven Johnson provides this essential book for anyone interested in innovation, collecting key texts from such field leaders as Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand, management consultant Peter Drucker, and psychologist and creativity expert Teresa Amabile. Here too are original interviews with thinkers like Microsoft's former chief software architect Ray Ozzie, former White House technology policy deputy chief Beth Noveck, and British musician and conceptual artist Brian Eno.